THE UMAINE NEW WRITING SERIES EVENTS TO DATE

This is a complete listing of the events hosted by the New Writing Series since
its inception in 1999. For more information on the NWS, please visit our blog!

SPRING 2015        
         
19 February       Aaron Burch
19 March       Ben Lerner
26 March       Grady Aways for Creative Writing
2 April       Robert Adamson
9 April       Julia Elliott
16 April       Norma Cole
23 April       Bill Berkson
         
FALL 2014        
         
18 September       Rosa Alcalá
2 October       Rachel Tzvia Back
23 October       Jeff Jackson
6 November       Alice Notley
13 November       Christopher Merkner
20 November       Diane Cook
4 December       Hoa Nguyen and Dale Smith
         
         
SPRING 2014        
SPRING 2014        
13 February
      Grady Awards for Creative Writing
25 February
      Philip Boehm
20 March
      Tracie Morris
27 March
      Christine Hume
3 April
      Deb Olin Unferth
10 April
      Ray Halliday
17 April
      Jennifer Scappettone
24 April
      MA Thesis Reading: Poetry
1 May
      MA Thesis Reading: Fiction
         
FALL 2013        
         
19 September       Tamas Dobozy
10 October       John Godfrey
17 October       Adam Novy
31 October       Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Maurice Burford, & Aaron Pinnix
7 November       Susan Steinberg
21 November       Jaap Blonk
5 December       Sara Wintz and Megan Kaminski
         
SPRING 2013        
         
13 February
      Orlando White
28 February
      Renee Gladman & Danielle Vogel
21 March
      Dimitri Anastasopoulos
28 March
      E. Tracy Grinnell & Julian Brolaski
4 April
      Ann Moschovakis & Christina Davis
5/6 April
      Bibliopoetics: The Art & Future of the Book
11 Aprill
      Jena Osman
18 April
      Monica Youn
25 April
      Peter Markus
2 May
      Grady Awards in Creative Writing
         
FALL 2012        
         
20 September
      Martin Corless-Smith & James Brophy
27 September
      Lily Hoang
4 October
      Ernesto Livon-Grosman
11 October
      P Inman & Cathy Eisenhower
18 October
      Jeffrey DeShell
25 October
      Myung Mi Kim
8 November
      Mary Jo Bang
15 November
      Joanna Howard
29 November
      Matvei Yankelevich & Franklin Bruno
         
SPRING 2012        
         
19 January
      Joshua Edwards & Ish Klein
26 January
      Justin Taylor
16 February
      Grady Awards in Creative Writing
15 March
      Devin Johnson & Elizabeth Arnold
22 March
      Jaap Blonk
12 April
      Matt Bell
         
FALL 2011        
         
15 September
      Amina Cain
22 September
      Laura Mullen & Kathleen Ossip
29 September
      Pierre Joris & Ken Irby
13 October
      Ed Roberson
3 November
      Ted Pelton
10 November
      Joshua Corey
17 November
      David Trinidad & Jason Canniff
         
SPRING 2011        
       
15 February
      Danielle Dutton
17 February
      Holly Wilson
21 February
      Matthew Kirkpatrick
24 February
      Gregory Howard
31 March
      James Wagner
7 April
      Rosmarie Waldrop
14 April
      Brock Clarke
21 April
      Grady Awards in Creative Writing
         
FALL 2010        
         
23 September
      Joanna Fuhrman & Rick Snyder
30 September
      Ann Lauterbach & Rachel Perry
7 October
      Lance Olsen
28 October
      Jessica Anthony
4 November
      Sharon Mesmer
18 November
      Sarah Riggs & Omar Berrada
         
SPRING 2010        
         
4 February
      Catherine Wagner
18 February
      Laird Hunt
25 February
      Sharon Mesmer
18 March
      William Corbett
23 March
      Rebecca S. Griffin & Michael T. Fournier
30 March
      Amy Jirsa & Rachel Perry
8 April
      Eileen Myles
22 April
      Donald Revell
         
FALL 2009        
         
17 September
      Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
1 October
      Rae Armantrout
8 October
      Selah Saterstrom
22 October
      Bill Berkson
29 October
      Elizabeth Willis
05 November
      Dan Beachy-Quick
12 November
      Douglas Rothschild
         
SPRING 2009        
         
22 January
      Richard Blanco
30 January
      Magdalena Zurawski & CA Conrad
19 February
      Kenneth Goldsmith
19 March
      Grady Award Winners
25 March
      Claudia Rankine
2 April
      Nada Gordon & Gary Sullivan
16 April
      Alexander Irvine
         
FALL 2008        
         
18 September
      Diane Williams
2 October
      Davis Schneiderman
8 October
      Tom Pickard
16 October
      Tom Raworth
23 October
      Lydia Millet
20 November
      Geraldine Monk & Alan Halsey
4 December
      Richard Deming & Nancy Kuhl
         
SPRING 2008        
         
14 February
      Mel Nichols & Rob Smith
21 February
      Grady Award Winners
28 February
      Stephen Cope & Catherine Taylor
20 March
      Eléna Rivera & Jennifer Moxley
26 March
      Thomas Sayers Ellis
3 April
      Rodney Koeneke & Benjamin Friedlander
10 April
      Julia Elliott
29 April
      Patricia Sithole & Otrude Moyo
         
FALL 2007        
       
12 September
      Ron Padgett
27 September
      Joanne Kyger
18 October
      David Matlin
8 November
      Sawako Nakayasu & Aaron Kunin
15 November
      Michael Davidson
29 November
      Edward Desautels
       
SPRING 2007        
         
25 January
      Tina Darragh
8 February
      Jonathan Skinner & Annie Finch
22 February
      Grady Award Winners
22 March
      Steve Tomasula
4 April
      Robert Kelly
12 April
      Dani Leone
16 April
      Rosanna Warren
26 April
      Allison Cobb & Brenda Coultas
         
FALL 2006        
         
28 September
      Anna Moschovakis & Matvei Yankelevich
5 October
      Robert Grenier
18 October
      Bob Perelman
2 November
      Christina Milletti & Dimitri Anastasopoulos
30 November
      Celebrating Sylvester Pollet's Backwoods Broadsides
7 December
      Brian Evenson
         
SPRING 2006        
         
16 February
      GRADY AWARD WINNERS
23 February
      CARLA HARRYMAN
23 March
      FRED WAH
6 April
      PIERRE JORIS
20 April
      MARY CAPONEGRO
27 April
      JULIETTE VALÉRY & EMMANUEL HOCQUARD
         
FALL 2005        
         
29 September
      JOAN RETALLACK
18 October
      HARRYETTE MULLEN
27 October
      ANNE WALDMAN
10 November
      K. SILEM MOHAMMAD & STEPHANIE YOUNG
17 November
      PETER CULLEY & DAVID PERRY
1 December
      ALEXANDER IRVINE
8 December
      DAVID KRESS
         
SPRING 2005        
         
20 January
     
ELIZABETH WILLIS & PETER GIZZI
3 February
     
DANIEL BOUCHARD & LEE ANN BROWN
17 March
     
LYN HEJINIAN
5 April
     
JULIANA SPAHR & MARK MCMORRIS
14 April
     
MICHAEL PALMER
21 April
     
WALTER LEW & AMMIEL ALCALAY
         
FALL 2004        
         
21 September
      MARJORIE WELISH
30 September
      FANNY HOWE
7 October
      COLE SWENSEN
19 October
      TONY LOPEZ & GEOFFREY YOUNG
4 November
      ALICE NOTLEY
18 November
      DEVIN JOHNSTON & ANDREW JORON
       

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SPRING 2004        
         
12 February
      BILL LUOMA & JOHN WILKINSON | link

26 February

      NWS POET PROFILES — FILM SCREENING
18 March
      ANITA SKEEN

25 March

      KAREN MAC CORMACK & JOSHUA CLOVER | link

01 April

      STEPHEN RODEFER

08 April

      ROSA ALCALA & KEITH WALDROP

22 April 4:30pm

      JACKSON MAC LOW & ANNE TARDOS

22 April 8:00pm

      CHRISTIAN BÖK
         
FALL 2003
       
         
23 September
      PAUL VANGELISTI
02 October
      ERIN MOURÉ
09 October
      MARCELLA DURAND & DREW GARDNER
16 October
      JEROME ROTHENBERG
23 October
      DAVID ADAMS & KATIE DALEY
30 October
      GEORGE STANLEY & KEVIN DAVIES
06 November
      RON SILLIMAN
13 November
      ROSMARIE WALDROP
18 November
      NATHANIEL MACKEY
04 December
      A CELEBRATION of TRANSLATION
SPACER        
SPRING 2003
       
         
06 February
      LISA ROBERTSON
25 February
      MARJORIE AGOSIN
04 March
      BETH ANDERSON & MICHAEL SCHARF
27 March
      CONNIE VOISINE & LUCY HONIG
10 April
      DODIE BELLAMY & KEVIN KILLIAN
24 April
      ED ROBERSON
01 May
      BOB PERELMAN & KIT ROBINSON
SPACER        
FALL 2002
       
         
12 September
      BENJAMIN HOLLANDER
19 September
      TWO FILMS ON THE NEW YORK SCHOOL*
26 September
      CLAYTON ESHLEMAN
03 October
      CHINYERE GRACE OKAFOR
10 October
      CHRIS STROFFOLINO
17 October
      JOHN TRANTER & BRIAN KIM STEFANS
24 October
      ROBIN BLASER
29 October
      ROBERT CREELEY
14 November
      ALAN GILBERT& ROBERTO TEJADA
19 November
      HEATHER FULLER & MARK MCMORRIS
SPACER       * Something Wonderful May Happen + Footage of Frank O'Hara
         
SPRING 2002
       
         
14 February
      DAVID ANTIN
21 February
      ASKIA TOURE
28 February
      JENNIFER ANNA GOSETTI & MICHAEL ALPERT
28 March
      JAMES THOMAS STEVENS & SSIPSIS
03 April
      CHARLES BERNSTEIN
11 April
      NICOLE BROSSARD
18 April
      RAE ARMANTROUT
25 April
      KATHLEEN ELLIS & CANDICE STOVER
SPACER        
FALL 2001
       
         
20 September
      JULIE PATTON
27 September
      ROBERT CREELEY
04 October
      PATRICIA RANZONI & GARY LAWLESS
11 October
      BILL BERKSON
18 October
      BENJAMIN FRIEDLANDER
25 October
      RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS
01 November
      ALICE NOTLEY
08 November
      JEFF CLARK & DAMON KRUKOWSKI
15 November
      KEN NORRIS & ROB MCCLENNAN
06 December
      LAURA MORIARTY & STEVE BENSON
SPACER        
SPRING 2001
       
         
08 February
      KRISTIN PREVALLET & DANIEL BOUCHARD
20 February
      LEE ANN BROWN
01 March
      ROBERT CREELEY
06 March
      SYLVESTER POLLET & ROBERT FITTERMAN
29 March
      BERNADETTE MAYER
10 April
      EILEEN MYLES
19 April
      CONSTANCE HUNTING & JENNIFER MOXLEY
26 April
      KEVIN DAVIES
27-29 April
      MAINE POETRY & STORY EXCHANGE
01 May
      DICK LOURIE
SPACER        
FALL 2000
       
         
21 September
      JAY WRIGHT
03 October
      JAYNE CORTEZ
19 October
      BRIAN KIM STEFANS & ROD SMITH
24 October
      KATHLEEN FRASER
26 October
      ROBERT GRENIER
09 November
      JOANNE KYGER
14 November
      ELAINE EQUI
16 November
      LORENZO THOMAS
SPACER        
SPRING 2000
       
         
16 February
      TED ENSLIN
29 February
      AMIRI BARAKA
17 April
      MICHAEL GIZZI & CLARK COOLIDGE
18 April
      ROBERT CREELEY
SPACER        
FALL 1999
       
         
18 November
      LEE ANN BROWN & BENJAMIN FRIEDLANDER
02 December
      ANSELM BERRIGAN & JENNIFER MOXLEY
         
       

All events are free and open to the public.

The New Writing Series is sponsored by the English Department of the University of Maine, the National Poetry Foundation, and grants from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee.